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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — With legal sports betting in its fifth year in much of the U.S., things are getting much more intense, with increasing ways to bet and more opportunities to rapidly win — and lose — money. When the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams kick

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA has promised to stage free concerts with international stars for visitors to the official Fan Festival in Qatar during the World Cup. FIFA says the Al Bidda Park in central Doha will host “concerts starring top global and local music acts and live works by internationally acclaimed performance artists.” The

By MATTIAS KARÉN Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Don’t expect Rory McIlroy to spend much time reminiscing with his former Ryder Cup teammates at Wentworth this week. McIlroy says he doesn’t have “much of a relationship” anymore with European Ryder Cup stalwarts Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter because of their decision

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Billy Horschel finally gets to play golf for the Stars and Stripes as a pro. Horschel and Max Homa are among six captain’s picks by Davis Love III to fill out the U.S. team for the Presidents Cup. The Americans already were stacked before the picks. Now they have

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Matthew Stafford, Aaron Donald and the Los Angeles Rams will raise their Super Bowl banner Thursday night before kicking off the NFL season at home where they became the second straight team to hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy in their own stadium. Somehow, they’re underdogs against the Buffalo

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Lithuania is going to the knockout stage of EuroBasket. Marius Grigonis scored 16 points, Jonas Valanciunas finished with 13 points and 15 rebounds, and Lithuania topped Bosnia and Herzegovina 87-70 on Wednesday. The game determined which club would move onto the round of 16 at the European championships. Arnas Butkevicius and

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Major League Baseball Players Association is joining the AFL-CIO. Executive director Tony Clark made the announcement alongside AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler at the National Press Club in Washington. The move comes as the MLBPA is attempting to unionize minor leaguers and in the aftermath of

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Carlos Queiroz has been rehired as Iran coach and will take the national soccer team to its third straight World Cup together. Iran will face the United States, England and Wales at the tournament in Qatar. Queiroz will coaching at his fourth World Cup after failing to lead Egypt to this

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — DeWanna Bonner and Courtney Williams each scored 19 points to help the Connecticut Sun rout the Chicago Sky 104-80 and force a decisive Game 5 in their WNBA playoffs semifinal series. Alyssa Thomas added 17 for Connecticut, which will travel to the second-seeded Sky for

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Thomas Tuchel has been fired by Chelsea only one month into the season. The decision by Chelsea’s new American ownership comes a day after the team lost to Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in its first group match of the Champions League. Chelsea has lost two of its first six games

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Former Manchester United great Ryan Giggs will go on trial for a second time on domestic violence charges. A judge has ruled Giggs should face a retrial a week after he was discharged after a jury failed to reach a verdict on charges that he assaulted and used coercive behavior against

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Thomas Tuchel was fired by Chelsea on Wednesday, only one month into the season and just days after the club concluded a Europe-high spending spree of nearly $300 million in the transfer window. The decision by Chelsea’s new ownership, fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly, came a